World Music Institute, in collaboration with The Metropolitan Museum of Art, presents two back-to-back performances from the world-renowned Indian dance troupe Nrityagram today, January 10, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. in the Met's Temple of Dendur, located in the The Sackler Wing.
The program of solos and duets features the US premiere of Shyamala Vandana, a song dedicated to Goddess Shyamala and composed by Pandit Bhubaneswar Mishra,chosen to honor the evening's site-specific setting. The program continues with two pieces from Nrityagram's critically acclaimed Sa?yoga and Songs of Love and Longing,which are set to an original live score composed by Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi.
With its sculptural forms, sinuous movements, and emotional intensity, Odissi-one of the oldest dance traditions in the world-speaks of love and union with the divine. Surupa Sen and Bijayini Satpathy, the principal dancers of Nrityagram, transport viewers to enchanted worlds of magic and spirituality with their grace and power.
"Only decades of single-minded devotion could explain the perfection of each of these artists alone. Only decades of shared practice could account for their uncanny coordination together," wrote Brian Seibert in The New York Times in the 2013 premiere of Samyoga at the World Music Institute.
The performances are free with admission to the Met Museum and are presented in conjunction with the exhibition
Treasures from India: Jewels from the Al?Thani Collection, on view October 28, 2014-January 25, 2015.
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